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Tesla Motors, Inc. is a California-based company that designs, manufactures and sells electric cars and electric vehicle powertrain components. Tesla Motors is a public company that trades on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol TSLA After 10 years, Tesla posted profits for the first time during the first quarter of 2013.

Tesla also markets electric powertrain components, including lithium-ion battery packs, to other automakers, including Daimler and Toyota.Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, has said he envisions Tesla as an independent automaker,aimed at eventually mass-producing fully electric cars at a price affordable to the average consumer.